Farm business management: the human factor

Content: Intro
 Farm Business Management: The Human Factor Second Edition
 Copyright
 Contents
 The Author
 Acknowledgements
 List of Figures
 List of Tables
 1 Introduction
 General Overview
 The Case Study Farmers
 Introducing Margrave
 Introducing Hank
 2 What Defines Management Ability?
 Introduction
 Personality and its Links to Management
 Personality and Tests
 Attitude to Risky Situations
 SET OF QUESTIONS TO ASSESS A FARMER\'S RISK ATTITUDE
 ANSWERS
 Intelligence and its Links to Management
 Intelligence and Tests
 Motivation, Objectives and Emotional Intelligence
 Learning Style The diverging styleThe assimilating style
 The converging style
 The accommodating style
 Concluding Comments
 Appendix 2A. Managerial Style Test
 Appendix 2B. Managerial Aptitude Test
 Instructions
 I. MEMORY
 II. EXPERIENCE
 III. CREATIVITY
 IV. GENERAL
 V. SHAPES
 VI. CALCULATIONS
 3 The Origins of Managerial Ability
 Introduction
 Objectives
 GOALS AND AIMS
 Locus of Control
 QUESTION SET TO ASSESS A FARMER\'S LOCUS OF CONTROL
 Relating LOC to Managerial Factors
 Modelling Managerial Ability
 Factors giving rise to ability
 Modelling results
 Concluding Comments
 Appendix 3A. Observation IntroductionTest --
Reality check
 4 Decision Processes and Goals
 Introduction
 Decision Processes
 Linear approach
 Decision rules
 Problem recognition
 Dynamic approaches
 Modifications to the processes
 Constructs
 Intuition (or tacit knowledge) and experts
 Innovations and their adoption
 Objectives and Their Impact on the Managerial Processes
 Maximization
 Satisficing
 Multiple goals
 Integration
 Complications
 Concluding Comments
 5 Skills Required
 Introduction
 The Questionnaire, Sample and the Respondents
 Managerial Attributes
 Entrepreneurial Skills
 Personal Attributes Bringing Together the Farmers\' Views on CompetenciesSummary of Skills Required
 Introduction
 Risk management
 Observation
 Negotiating
 Anticipation
 Planning
 Learning from experience
 People skills
 Implementation
 Technology
 Solutions
 Analysis
 Case farmers\' views
 Introducing Two Consultants, and Their Views on Skills
 Bruce and his dairy farming interest
 \'Prof\' and his comments about the skills required
 Concluding Comments
 Appendix 5A. Survey on Managerial Factors
 A. GENERAL
 B. IMPORTANCE OF MANAGERIAL ATTRIBUTES
 C. IMPORTANCE OF ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS
 D. MANAGERIAL STYLE E. GOALS AND AIMSF. COMPUTER USE
 G. IMPORTANCE OF PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
 H. PERSONAL FEATURES
 I. MANAGERIAL TRAINING
 6 Biases and Stress
 Introduction
 Areas of Bias
 Observation
 Forecasting
 People relationships
 Decision principles
 Implementation
 General
 Stress and Decisions
 Introduction
 Combating stress
 The Case Farmers\' Thoughts on Bias and Stress
 Margrave\'s case
 Now Hank\'s views
 Concluding Comments and Bias Reduction
 7 Intuition
 Introduction
 The Background to Intuition
 Experience
 Decision systems
 Modelling intuition
 Introduction